Dissension vs Enmity - What's the difference?
dissension | enmity |
An act of expressing dissent, especially spoken.
Strong disagreement; a contention or quarrel; discord.
* 1843 , E.A.Poe,
The quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.
* 2005 , .
A state or feeling of opposition, hostility, hatred or animosity.
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As nouns the difference between dissension and enmity
is that dissension is an act of expressing dissent, especially spoken while enmity is the quality of being an enemy; hostile or unfriendly disposition.dissension
English
Noun
- The natural scenery of America has often been contrasted, in its general features as well as in detail, with the landscape of the Old World—more especially of Europe—and not deeper has been the enthusiasm, than wide the dissension , of the supporters of each region.
enmity
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Alternative forms
: * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte * ** enemyte ** enemytee ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** enymyte * ** enemitie ** enemyte ** enemytee ** enimitie ** enimity ** ennemite ** ennemyte ** ennimitie ** inimity : * ** enmite ** enmitye ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmity ** enmyte ** enmytee * ** enmityNoun
(enmities)- Some later Muses from Ionia and Sicily reckoned it safest to weave together both versions and say that that which is is both many and one, held together by both enmity and amity.
- I merely repeat, remember always your duty of enmity towards Man and all his ways.